Evergreen Road to close for road work

PennDOT has announced that part of Evergreen Road will be closed and detoured next week.

Evergreen Road will be closed and detoured between Lightcap Road and Sanatoga Road in Limerick and Lower Pottsgrove townships on Wednesday, March 14, and Thursday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for mechanized patching, PennDOT announced.

During the operation, Evergreen Road motorists will be directed to use Rupert Road, High Street, Pleasantview Road and Linfield Road. Local access will be maintained up to the work area. Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling near the construction zone.

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by Act 89, or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

A list of weekly road restrictions and PennDOT maintenance operations in the five-county Philadelphia region is available by visiting the District 6 Traffic Bulletin at www.penndot. gov/District6.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 850 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-11, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

For more PennDOT information, visit www. penndot.gov. Follow local PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.